The relationship between seven common polymorphisms from five DNA repair genes and the risk for breast cancer in northern Chinese women.

BACKGROUND: Converging evidence supports the central role of DNA damage in progression to breast cancer. We therefore in this study aimed to assess the potential interactions of seven common polymorphisms from five DNA repair genes (XRCC1, XRCC2, XRCC3, XPA and APEX1) in association with breast canc...

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Main Authors: Peijian Ding, Yang Yang, Luyang Cheng, Xuejun Zhang, Limin Cheng, Caizhen Li, Jianhui Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3958445?pdf=render